Be Mine

Let's Get Married

Sanji stood there listening to the voices of Usopp and Luffy playing with the triplets. He loves how the triplets laugh, they laugh so much like Zoro. Sanji starts to smile, he's so happy but there's a hint of fear. Zoro's is going to say 'no' he knows it. Nami came by the kitchen to tell him that she told Zoro that they are staying a little longer than normal. She even told him that Zoro seem to have a bad dream. He couldn't help put pace back and forth. 

What will happen if Zoro says no? 

What happens after? 

Even if he does say no to marriage are they still together or will that be the end of them?

No. He will just wait until Zoro is ready and ask again. He doesn't know how long he will need to wait for Zoro but he'll wait as long as it takes. He should have talked to Zoro about this earlier but it was kind of an at the moment decision on Sanji's part. 

"Sanji!!" Luffy yells as he runs in the kitchen. "When is lunch?"

"I'm about to start on it." 

"Cool." Luffy smiles then leaves. "Oh Zoro!" Sanji hears Luffy yell making his whole body flinch. He thought Zoro was training or at least stretching like Chopper had instructed him to. He needed to focus on lunch. He still has a big pot of rice left from the snack so maybe he'll make curry. Ah but can the triplets eat curry or will he have to make something specially for the triplets? Sanji pondered whether he should go ahead and start cooking or should he go ask Zoro if they can eat curry.

The door opens and hearing it Sanji turns around to see Zoro walking in. Sanji stood there shocked to the core. He thought Zoro would avoid him for a couple days before coming up with an answer. Even thought he'd have to start sleeping in the men's quarters to give Zoro space. Zoro look at him then look away. He look back at Sanji. "Sanji do you really want to get married with me?" Sanji sees in Zoro's eye how worried he is about asking and is taken back by it.

"Why is that so hard to believe?" Sanji asks. 

"Sanji," Zoro goes to sit down at the table. "After I learned that I had feelings for you I questioned why, why you? But the more I thought about why I remembered all the good things about you and forgot about how you actually are like. I was extremely glad that the first crew member I saw when getting back was you then I remembered how our relationship is. I started paying more attention to you, buying things for you, secretly making sure you're ok after a battle but after a while I just gave up. I saw how you treated girls. You weren't going to love me like that." Sanji looks at Zoro. Is that how he felt? He made Zoro feel like that, he didn't know. He goes to hug Zoro.

"I'm sorry I made you feel like that. Know that now may feelings are honest. I love you. I want to wake up with you next to me and take care of the triplets and raise them with you. I want to go on dates, wonder the city just the two of us. Buy groceries with the triplets. Laugh with the triplets." He pulls away from the hug and looks at Zoro. "Please trust me." Sanji pleads. Zoro just stares, he actually pleased, he sounds so desperate. Zoro smiles confusing Sanji. Zoro grabs Sanji's collar pulling him in for a kiss.

"I know." Zoro says. Sanji is confused.

"What?"

"Yes."

"Huh?" Sanji now looks confused.

"I'm saying yes."

"Wait you mean?" Sanji asks, Zoro nods. "Ha!" Sanji yells throwing his hands in the air while he smile. He pulls Zoro up from the seat hugging him. "Are you serious?" Sanji asks not believing Zoro's answer.

"I'm serious. Let's get married." Zoro smiles. Sanji smiles back then he kisses Zoro over and over again. "Whoa." Zoro says surprised by Sanji sudden action, kissing him over and over again.

"I'm just...so happy." Sanji hugs Zoro again smiling one of the biggest smiles he's ever had. "I honestly thought you were going to say no. I'm so glad you said yes." Sanji says still smiling not that Zoro could see it. Sanji holds Zoro before letting him go. He goes into the kitchen, Zoro follows. Sanji searches the drawers. Zoro observes what Sanji is doing, frantically looking through all the drawers, Zoro looks around until he sees the recipe book. 

Zoro reaches forward to grab the book. He looks through it and sees the pictures inside. "Where'd you get this?" Zoro asks looking at the pictures. Sanji looks up to see Zoro smiling at the recipe book.

"In the storage. Why?"

"I thought I lost it, I was looking for it but gave up."

"Wait that one's yours?"

"Yes. Why?"

"I thought it was mine?"

"Why would yours have pictures that you didn't put in?" 

"I thought you might have put them inside for me."

"I was too busy taking care of the triplets and..."Zoro stops. Sanji looks at him, 'oh' he thinks. He was busy with the triplets and being pregnant.

"If that's yours then where's mine?" 

"Should be where you keep all your recipes." Zoro says looking through all of the pages. Sanji thinks about what Zoro told him. With everything that's been going on he forgot about the drawer in the kitchen where he keeps all the recipes he gets from the people they meet. He walks over to the drawer, opening it he sees what he's looking for, a small black box. He picks it up and notices his recipe book that Chopper had given him. He turns to Zoro, grabbing his hand he opens the black box where Zoro sees the ring. Sanji is going to put it on. "Wait." Zoro says putting a hand on the black box closing it. Sanji looks at Zoro confused. "I don't want the crew to know just yet."

"I was going to tell them at lunch but if you don't want them to know then, ok. Then when should we tell them?"

"I don't...maybe tomorrow? I need time to process this. We're getting married right?" Zoro asks looking at Sanji who just smiles back.

"Yes we're getting married. If you don't want to tell them yet then I wont say anything, I also need time to process this." Sanji pulls Zoro in for a hug again. He closes the box and puts it in his pocket.

"Sanji!! Is lunch done yet?!!" Luffy yells. 

"Oh right I forgot." Sanji says as he pulls apart from Zoro. Sanji looks around the kitchen remembering what he was planning to cook. "Oi marimo, can the triplets eat curry?" Sanji asks Zoro turns his head around as he stood at the door way.

"I don't think they can, they might still be too young for that. I'll ask chopper just in case." Zoro says rushing out the kitchen. Sanji stares at the closed door. Isn't Chopper in the infirmary? 

Sanji continue to make curry, he didn't want the rice to go to waste. For the triplets he pureed the chicken and mashed the vegetables with some spices.

 Lunch it silent as everyone wonders how they should act around Zoro and Sanji not knowing how to handle it. What do they talk about? They all look over at Sanji who sat away from Zoro who sat in his seat next to the triplets highchair. They seem distant, they didn't look at each other so it might be bad. Everyone began to focus on their food and just ate. They didn't want to start anything, if it was like this they didn't want to make it bad.